Financial Wake-Up Call 3-30-2007

$0.52 A Mile To Operate The Average Car: The latest AAA study says that “owning and operating a new vehicle in 2007 remains basically unchanged from a year ago at 52.2 cents per mile, or $7,823 per year, when driving 15,000 miles annually.”

Largest Credit Card Breach By Hackers Ever: If you have a T.J. Maxx or Marshalls store card, keep a close eye on your credit report:

At least 45.7 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by hackers who broke into the computer systems at the TJX Cos. in Framingham and the United Kingdom and siphoned off data over a period of several years, making it the biggest breach of personal data ever reported, according to security specialists.